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You know those frequent jokes about franchises that tend to go too long, where most people say "X in Space" as an inane option? Well, there's a reason for that. In 1997, the Leprechaun franchise sent its titular creature to space in one of the most popular examples (years before he went to "da hood", twice!) So, the people behind the Friday the 13th franchise thought, "why not?"
Jason X, the 10th installment in the immortal Friday the 13th franchise does exactly that, taking Jason-fu˘king-Voorhees to fu˘king space, and it is as much dumb fun as you would expect. The basic premise has a cryogenically frozen Jason waking up in a spaceship in the year 2455, only to wreak havoc again among its passengers. Along for the ride is Rowan (Lexa Doig), a scientist that that was accidentally frozen along with Jason.
Regardless of whatever flaw you can think of, this film pretty much delivers what you would expect from the tenth film in a slasher franchise about a zombie killer that's sent to space, in the future. Still, despite having the biggest budget of the franchise, to that point, the production values are pretty cheap. Also, although it features one of the most memorable kills of the franchise (guess which one!), the film isn't as gory as I would've expected.
As usual with these films, the characters lack any notable trait to make us root for them. Rowan is a pretty decent "final girl", but there's not much else there to latch on to. Still, it's a fun film to watch, especially when it embraces the absurdity and silliness of its plot. I just wish this happened more often.
This time I rewatched the film to prepare for an episode of my podcast. Doing so reminded me of how much this franchise takes me back to my youth, so I'm sure that whenever the people behind it decide to put out a new one, and somebody asks me what's going on, I will probably say "Jason-fu˘king-Voorhees, that's what's going on!"
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JASON X
(2001, Isaac)
Freebie
(2001, Isaac)
Freebie
"What's going on?"
"Jason-fu˘king-Voorhees, that's what's going on!"
"Jason-fu˘king-Voorhees, that's what's going on!"
You know those frequent jokes about franchises that tend to go too long, where most people say "X in Space" as an inane option? Well, there's a reason for that. In 1997, the Leprechaun franchise sent its titular creature to space in one of the most popular examples (years before he went to "da hood", twice!) So, the people behind the Friday the 13th franchise thought, "why not?"
Jason X, the 10th installment in the immortal Friday the 13th franchise does exactly that, taking Jason-fu˘king-Voorhees to fu˘king space, and it is as much dumb fun as you would expect. The basic premise has a cryogenically frozen Jason waking up in a spaceship in the year 2455, only to wreak havoc again among its passengers. Along for the ride is Rowan (Lexa Doig), a scientist that that was accidentally frozen along with Jason.
Regardless of whatever flaw you can think of, this film pretty much delivers what you would expect from the tenth film in a slasher franchise about a zombie killer that's sent to space, in the future. Still, despite having the biggest budget of the franchise, to that point, the production values are pretty cheap. Also, although it features one of the most memorable kills of the franchise (guess which one!), the film isn't as gory as I would've expected.
As usual with these films, the characters lack any notable trait to make us root for them. Rowan is a pretty decent "final girl", but there's not much else there to latch on to. Still, it's a fun film to watch, especially when it embraces the absurdity and silliness of its plot. I just wish this happened more often.
This time I rewatched the film to prepare for an episode of my podcast. Doing so reminded me of how much this franchise takes me back to my youth, so I'm sure that whenever the people behind it decide to put out a new one, and somebody asks me what's going on, I will probably say "Jason-fu˘king-Voorhees, that's what's going on!"
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